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Once a year, thanks to the holiday attached to the holy-day of Easter, even non-Christians mark the death of Jesus Christ on a cross in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. We Christians, however, do not [...]

The Old Testament book of Esther is much loved by many, especially by Jewish readers. For in it we learn about the remarkable preservation of the Jewish people. It is an altogether providential [...]

Celebrities: We hear all the time about their money, lovers, homes, and jet-setting lifestyles. Yet they are among the unhappiest people on earth. Nothing seems to satisfy them for long. An [...]

John Wesley was a Methodist minister through whose preaching and teaching God brought revival to England in the eighteenth century. As a young man John Wesley believed that salvation had to be [...]

During October 2010, all the world was mesmerized by the ongoing “miracle” rescue of 33 miners trapped deep underground in the San Jose mine in Chile for 69 days, a process that took weeks to [...]

War and the menace of war is a constant reality in the world today. Peace seems always to be under threat from one quarter or another. The Bible has a great deal to say about peace. It teaches [...]

Les Murray, one of the best English-speaking poets in the world, said recently that “Probably the only greater Australian Christian poet [than James McAuley] is Andrew Lansdown”. This statement, [...]

Dear Ms Prime Minister, May I congratulate you on your historic accession to the highest political office in the land? However, there is a fact about which (though it may seem unimportant to you) [...]

I was sitting in prison with six other men. We were gathered around a table and we each had a mug of mud-tasting coffee and an open Bible. I was the only one not dressed in a prison uniform, the [...]

The Golden Compass has been a source of anxiety and anger for some Christians since it began screening in the cinemas in December last year. It is said to be a profoundly anti-Christian film that [...]